Friday, August 17, 2012

Birds, butterflies and blooms

These are some shots from around my yard and a pretty female Orchard Oriole. I was a happy birder to see the Orchard Oriole show up in my yard one day.

The female looks like a larger size Goldfinch, 2 inches larger and the beak is a little different. It has the white wing bars and is a summer bird for my area.

Another day I saw this same bird or another one just like chasing a crow across my yard. I have a feeling they could have been nesting nearby or it was protecting it babies.

My butterfly bushes are great for attracting the butterflies. This Tiger Swallowtail is a common butterfly seen in my yard.

I am pretty sure this is a Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly.

My Goldie girl at the lake, she has had another haircut and is looking more like a yellow lab than a golden retriever.

My Black-eyed Susans are looking especially pretty this year. It is the state flower of Maryland. I am hoping to link up with Today's Flowers. Which has been on a break and will be starting back up this weekend on the 18th. I hope, I missed the gorgeous flowers.

These are a couple of my trumpet vine flowers, they grow on what hubby and I call the monster on our deck. It seems the hummingbirds love the flowers. They are a great natural nectar for the hummers. I have watched the hummer almost get lost inside one of these large tube flowers.

Lovely finch photos. I have yet to figure out how to do that. We have quail and I have a pear tree with large pears. I need to take a pick of a partridge (a quail) in the tree but, Duchess chases them out of the tree, yard and over the fence.

Flowers, birds, butterflies--you've got it all!!! Lovely photos. I have a trumpet vine too--it tends to "take over" wherever it is growing, but I love it. I transplanted a "sprig" of it from the place I grew up to my current home. Have a great weekend Mickie :)

You have a great mix of photos today Eileen, so hard to pick a favourite and I know I'm a birder first anf formeost but your Black-eyed Susans are simply stunnung - such an incredible yellow. Have a special weekend.

It really is a chore to have enough patience to get just the right shot. I spent 30 mintures the other day waiting for this black butterfly to open it's wings and reveal the colourful interior of it's fully spread windspan.

Hi Eileen :) I'm your new follower of the two blogs on your profile. I'm going to love travel with you. and this blog is dreamy. in the city I live these are the hardest models to catch and I love them so! thank you for sharing :) wishing you a beautiful day. xxo

Eileen, thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures with me.The Orioles visit our garden every spring. Orioles love to use the same feeder as Hummingbirds do, before they arrive. Butterflies and flowers belong together. Lovely images.

Hello Eileen, am a bit late here as I've been sick, now still absent from work but can already open the net, haha! Those are wonderful blooms and butterflies. I love most the color of the fritillary which we don't have here! Thanks for visiting my post too.

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I am married and have one son in his 20's. I live in Maryland, USA. Retired since Dec 2014 My hobbies are hiking, birding, taking photos and anything nature related.
I love traveling and seeing new places. I blog just for fun & take photos just for fun. I do not sell my photos but if you see one you want to use one just let me know.

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